Re: Priority areas for the India Country Proposal for GFATM

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Dear Friends,

Re: /message/10070

I had written to the forum some time ago and mentioned that a group of NGOs,

under the aegis of Wake Up Pune, planned to apply for funding from the GFATM

Round 9.

I had then written that we had it on excellent authority that the India Country

Proposal for Round 8 had been rejected on grounds of being fragmented and not

being constructed around a single theme.

I had therefore requested those in the " know of things " to share information on

the priority areas for the India Country Proposal for Round 9. This was to

ensure that Wake Up Pune would formulate its proposal in accordance with these

priorities.

To my surprise I have not received a single response to my mail. I am

therefore compelled to arrive at the following conclusions: -

1. No member of this forum has any idea whatsoever as regards the

priority areas for the India Country Proposal.

OR

2. The GFATM in India is a closed club to which entry is highly restricted and

by invitation only.

Considering the number of people who write to the forum and claim

affiliations to some of the most renowned institutions, academic and

otherwise including NACO, I have no choice other than to arrive at the

conclusion that gate crashers, like me, are not welcome to apply for funds from

the GFATM.

Or even worse, the India Country Proposal for GFATM Round 9, genuinely does not

have a single common theme and will probably thus meet the same fate as that

sent in for Round 8.

Lt Col Anil Paranjape, MD (Retd)

Pune.

e-mail: <anilvparanjape@...>